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Salary What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?
For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent – Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.
It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?
AWE plays a crucial role in nuclear defence, providing the warheads for the UK’s nuclear deterrent. What we do is unique and so are the people who work here. We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our Technology Centre Leadership Team as Senior Operations Manager of our UK Hydrodynamic Trials Facilities. The role is key in driving operational performance and cultural change as the facility benefits from significant capital investment and capability uplift to meet the enduring requirements of the future programme.
Location – Reading / Basingstoke area
Package – Starting from £58,500 (depending on your suitability and level of experience)
Closing date for this role is 24th January 2024
As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:
- Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
- Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training
- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
- A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
- Life Assurance
- Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family
- A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing – more information available on our careers site
You will provide a focal point for the day-to-day leadership and management of operations, ensuring the integrated programme of work is delivered in a compliant, safe, secure, and cost-effective manner
Key Accountabilities:
- Ensuring operational readiness and availability of capability to UK programme
- Delivering high quality Radiographic/Hydrodynamic trials to time cost and schedule
- Managing safe operational control of processes and capabilities within the regulatory framework
- Managing and developing competent multidisciplined teams
- Collaboration as appropriate with the French EPURE Hydrodynamic trials operations teams
- Enabling ongoing technology development and sustainment of the capability (People, processes, and plant)
- Strong people and culture focus to manage through change and deliver continuous performance improvement
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to minimize risks and optimise opportunities for effective delivery of capability.
- Work with AWE’s estate management to direct strategic investments which deliver capability in accordance with the long term Technology Centre Capability Plan.
- Maintain effective relationships with the Technology Centre’s key suppliers, and ensure that planning within functions is consistent with the delivery to the Programme.
- Maintain an effective relationship with the Technology Centre’s supplying functional managers, and ensure that manpower planning and capability within functions is consistent with the long term Technology Centre Capability Plan.
- Develop collaborations and opportunities with supply chain and external stakeholders, including, where appropriate, US laboratories, to deliver cost savings and ensure business resilience.
Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role.
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Please note that you must be a British National to apply for a role with us.
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